• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

History

Holocaust survivors Esther and Zygmunt Binder, the author's parents, in Detroit in 1975. (Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

A little-known Polish story comes to life in bestselling memoir

by Sue Fishkoff October 8, 2025October 9, 2025
Descendants of a Babyn Yar survivor
Posted inHistory

84th anniversary of Babyn Yar marked by Russian drones, new information

by Theia Chatelle September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
Nazi loyalists in Mecklenburg, Germany read news about the upcoming parliamentary elections, summer 1932. A campaign poster for Hitler is at rear. (German Federal Archives/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTV

‘Heil Honey, I’m Home!’ — the scandalous Hitler sitcom you never saw

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar September 30, 2025September 30, 2025
The Dura Europos Synagogue wall paintings
Posted inArt

After years of war, world’s oldest synagogue paintings are revealed as intact in Damascus

by Grace Gilson September 22, 2025September 22, 2025
Vintage matchbooks from our former advertiser, Tao Tao Restaurant.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Remembering the San Francisco restaurants Jews used to love

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 12, 2025September 12, 2025
Elizabeth Carter
Posted inTheater

‘Indecent’ comes to Walnut Creek to tell groundbreaking queer Yiddish story

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 27, 2025August 27, 2025
2000 VP debate
Posted inFrom the Archives

A quarter century ago, we mused about a Jewish vice president

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 26, 2025August 26, 2025
Rachel Weisz
Posted inFilm

‘Never Again Is Now’ series in San Jose features Ken Burns’ doc and ‘Denial’

by Sue Fishkoff August 21, 2025August 23, 2025
Vigil in Crown Heights
Posted inHistory

Tensions flare in Crown Heights as extremist group targets ‘zionist white supremacists’ over 1991 incident

by Grace Gilson August 20, 2025August 20, 2025
Black and white photo of baseball team
Posted inSports

Jewish baseball fans created an exhaustive list of Jewish players, but missed Monte Pfeiffer

by Scott Barancik August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 41 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Stuart Kelman, founding rabbi of Berkeley’s Netivot Shalom, dies at 84
AIPAC didn't fund Connie Chan. Here's what actually happened.
Super Mensch shutters after 8 months in S.F., Ma'lawah Bar closes in Palo Alto
Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor
Major S.F. foundation run by Levi Strauss descendants to close in 2028
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack